Success Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 They've been pretty magnificent since the 2nd half against the Bucs. Today was amazing. Allen had time in the pocket on almost every throw. They were opening holes for the running game. They were depleted & lost a guy during the game - and played just as well. And that front for NE is no joke. They're the key. If they keep this up, it will be very tough to stop this team. 1 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 The bad players weren't playing 4 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 It appears it got dire enough that they needed to let Bates play continuously rather than coming in short term substitute. He is the lineman who knows how to play every position including LS I heard. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 BB chose to hang back and not press on defense, which was probably a mistake. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StHustle Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 One word... Chemistry. I know it makes no sense how that lineup worked the best together but there appeared to be some natural chemistry working in favor of that group. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionallyUnstable Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 They were pretty much what they want at the front 5 when they were Dawkins-Ike-Morse-Williams-Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Helluva performance vs a bunch of dudes that aren’t very good pass rushers. It looked like Belichick was super bland and never blitzed. The OL reads seemed very basic. Played into our hands. This is our offense when our OL plays well. Hopefully we can make the proper moves this offseason to make this type of performance the norm. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 They decided to play an offensive guard it’s been languishing on the bench the whole year 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Dawkins was forced to play after the injury and actually may have had his best game. Such an odd season. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poblano Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said: They were pretty much what they want at the front 5 when they were Dawkins-Ike-Morse-Williams-Brown Today that was not the case, Dawkins only saw action when Boettger went down. Brown-Ike-Morse-Williams-Doyle started (during first series they changed to Bates-Williams on the right side) and after Ike injury we saw Dawkins-Bates-Morse-Williams-Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) Well, I would say they were pretty bad last week. But today we saw that Bates gave them better inside blocking, Brown was much better at RT than LT, and Dawkins was back at LT. I hope going forward they keep Bates in there, and let Feliciano be the C/G backup. Edited December 27, 2021 by oldmanfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 They weren't force to play Ford at any position. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 No offense to all You good posters, but none of the above explanations make any sense. Bates doesn’t miraculously make the other guys better. Cody Ford has been playing decently lately. There is more too what happened today. Even when Brown was at LT today, they were looking great at every position. A few weeks ago Darryl Williams didn’t even move at the snap— now he is playing great at both guard and tackle? Morse has been getting blown off the ball at the snap, and suddenly held his own today. i have no idea what happened, except all 5 guys played out of their minds today. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Kudos to the line, they dug deep and really came through today. Proud of the whole teams' effort, they played with a lot of heart and a cohesive will. Great game. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said: Dawkins was forced to play after the injury and actually may have had his best game. Such an odd season. Agree. He looked like he was having trouble moving but he was stout at the point of attack and just stoned the pass rushers. Monster effort by Dawkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Ryan F-n Bates is what happened. granted he tripped up moss on that clear lane to the end zone bout time for Bates though. O line looked great 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsShredder83 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: No offense to all You good posters, but none of the above explanations make any sense. Bates doesn’t miraculously make the other guys better. Cody Ford has been playing decently lately. There is more too what happened today. Even when Brown was at LT today, they were looking great at every position. A few weeks ago Darryl Williams didn’t even move at the snap— now he is playing great at both guard and tackle? Morse has been getting blown off the ball at the snap, and suddenly held his own today. i have no idea what happened, except all 5 guys played out of their minds today. sounds like an ass chewing of sorts, combined with a tough competitive / physical week of practice. have no way to prove this, but most reasonable explanation to me 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigK14094 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said: sounds like an ass chewing of sorts, combined with a tough competitive / physical week of practice. have no way to prove this, but most reasonable explanation to me Maybe they even practiced outside, immagine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 The pass pro was fantastic. Best it's been all season. Run blocking was OK but there were a handful of playcalls where you could tell they don't trust the run game. Singletary was 12 for 39 and a TD. Moss 3 for 12. So 15 carries 51 yards. The Patriots are not a good run D. But Allen was on another level today. And the oline giving him time was a big deal. Allen 12 carries 64 yards btw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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